The Digital Helmet Hero mounts to your helmet. The Digital Hero 3 uses a wrist strap and was originally designed with surfing in mind. All models are waterproof to 100 feet.
The GoPro Digital Hero 3 is about to start a new revolution in cycling, allowing you to film your rides in one simple and easy to use package. This item has both the lens and recording device in one compact package! When you add a 2 Gb Secure Digital(SD) card you get a camera that can take up to 54 minutes of video complete with sound.
Submitted by
DirtyRottenScoundrel
a Weekend Warrior
from Dallas, Texas Date Reviewed: August 24, 2009
Favorite Trail:
OCNP
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$190.00
Purchased At:
REI
Strengths:
I actually only payed $60 after the REI dividend check and 20% discount. Easy to use. Shoots good video at 512x384. 5 megapixel stills make awesome screen saver slide shows or desktop wall papers.
Weaknesses:
.AVI has to be converted in order to edit in Adobe Premier. Although I have never lost video with a fresh set of batteries, some pics were blurred.
Similar Products Used:
Oregon Scientific
Bottom Line:
I wouldn't go out and buy this as your home video camera or only video camera, but if you overlay the video taken with this thing on top of some HD camcorder video - it makes for some great possibilities. Have someone record you attacking an obstacle (hard climb or downhill section) while you do a helmet cam perspective or handlebar mount looking at yourself. Then combine the two with some video edditing software and you are on your way to making great biking movies.
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Submitted by
8664
a Weekend Warrior
from switzerland Date Reviewed: July 24, 2009
Favorite Trail:
garbanzo
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$199.00
Purchased At:
gopro
Strengths:
small easy the adyust
Weaknesses:
i think somtime she lost some sequence of video sound its not the best
Similar Products Used:
nothing for this price
Bike Setup:
gopro wide with chest mount from gopro
Bottom Line:
with chest mount system from gopro the cam films without any shuter!! best cam for money!! video quality is top!!
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Submitted by
killer1
a Weekend Warrior
from victoria, british columbia, canada Date Reviewed: April 11, 2009
Favorite Trail:
hartland
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At:
e bay
Strengths:
the camera's ability to keep up with the recording during fast sections is excellent. the 170 wide lens does a good job on capturing what is wanted in the cam. plenty of adaptors are available to mount the cam wherever you want to.
Weaknesses:
no playback--- lcd icons are hard to distinguish--especially if your eyes are bad. the camera eats batteries like candy. audible warning signals could be louder. you have to keep an eye on the cam to make sure your still recording.
Similar Products Used:
canon digital camera
Bike Setup:
nomad 2007 with a bomber 55 eta and a fox dhx5
Bottom Line:
for the price---this camera is all what the company claims it can do---- after trial and error---i feel that the camera is pretty good after all--- forget the sound---turn the setting on low and forget about it--- this is a cute camera which gets a lot of looks on the trail--- very light--- you don't even notice that you have it on the helmet-- i'm very happy with it and continue to experiment with it--- compressing the vids to maintain quality is a challenge---but that might just be me not knowing how to do it best--- very good vid quality for bloggs---- if your looking for an inexpensive good cam---buy this one---it's worth the money
good job gopro
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Submitted by
mlaff
a Downhiller
from Clayton, Ca Date Reviewed: April 2, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Back Creek
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$165.00
Purchased At:
LBS
Strengths:
Easy to turn on and off. Great mounting system. Good customer support.
Weaknesses:
Doesn't like some SD cards. Shuts off frequently. Requires brand NEW batteries (even NiMH rechargables). No way to check positioning on the fly at the trail.
Similar Products Used:
None
Bike Setup:
Iron Horse MKIII Comp with Fox Vanilla and Formla k24's -who cares for a camera review;-)
Bottom Line:
The cam is fun. However, it takes a bit of fiddle-dittle to get it working. You must have brand new batteries-even if you use the recommended NiMH rechargables, buy new ones. Also, had trouble with the first SD card. It would case the cam to shut down and get hot when the trail was rough. It took two cams to figure it out. GoPro offered great support in the sense of sending new cams. But they didn't help to diagnose the casue. Then once a new SD card was used it would still shut off all the time. Setting the sound to "lo" and the auto shut-off to "off" fixed that. Now were making good vids. But what a hassle.
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Submitted by
Ick of the East
a Cross Country Rider
from Hampshire IL Date Reviewed: March 11, 2009
Favorite Trail:
America
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$180.00
Strengths:
It turns on when you want it to. Wish I could say the same for turning off.
Weaknesses:
GoPro Hero Wide: 170 degrees sounds great, right? If your subject is really close maybe. But man, if you are pointing at something a but further away it's like looking through the wrong end of binoculars. 70 of those degrees are pure distortion.
And like the other guy said, what's with all the shutting off when the going gets a little bit rough?
Bottom Line:
Get something with a lens that isn't like looking through a fishbowl.
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Submitted by
iheartbicycles
a Weekend Warrior
from SF Bay Area Date Reviewed: December 14, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Can't think of just one!
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$180.00
Purchased At:
Pegasus Cycleworks -
Strengths:
Easy to set up, easy to mount. Easy to move from helmet, to wrist and back to helmet.
Weaknesses:
Where do I start? I guess the most frustrating thing is lost video. The Go Pro shuts itself off frequently - causing lost video. This seems to happen when the going gets really rough - which also happens to coincide with the most fun parts of the ride. The result is lost video of the coolest part of the ride.
This sucks.
Second - sound quality is horrible. Plan on overriding the sounds of singletrack with some tunes.
Video quality is pretty darn poor as well. The camera really can't handle rough trails. Choppy video is status quo with the Go Pro.
Similar Products Used:
My digital point and shoot camera - produces better video, audio and doesn't shut itself off.
Bike Setup:
I have a fleet!
Bottom Line:
This thing is one step above garbage.
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